what is the average pay or pay scale for granite CNC Programers

I worked my way up from helping around the shop to running the profiler,to running the cnc machines,to drawing and modifying templates for the cnc in the office all within 3 years. I don't think i make enough,please help! This is a northwood cnc for granite, We do kitchen and bath counter tops among other things.

You should be in the 35-40 grand range. Waterjet machines are only 2 axis and flat stock is actually very easy to program. They don't require an infinite list of various tooling, Speeds & Feeds, fixtures or 3D models. Now, take a CNC mill or lathe guy programming 7-10 axis lathes with live tooling or 5-axis milling on an HMC and he's making in the 55-75 range. But remember, he has alot more responsibility and much more room for error and crashes. It doesn't say what you make but when I started out I programmed 2 axis burners, waterjets, lasers and punch/plasma cutters with a 42 grand salary before moving up to the more complicated machines.

Good luck in your new career.

I AGREE WITH CBR, WITH THE MORE COMPLICATED MULTI AXIS MACHINES A HIGHER SALARY IS A MUST. I CURRENTLY PROGRAM 5-11 AXIS SWISS STYLE LATHES AND ITS NO WALK IN THE PARK...MY AVERAGE SALARY IN THE 15YRS I HAVE BEEN DOING IT HAS BEEN BETWEEN 60K - 80K.

The higher axis machines may be more complicated to run. But a stone machine is a 3 axis, and it requires more pain in the ass work because stone is natural and unforgiving during the fab process. THere is also the factor that doing stone you must use a ton of water which makes your machine break down a little faster.
I do stone work now and I make 50k. With all of my other duties , managing a shop, programming the cnc & waterjet, it really isnt all that great of pay. If all I had to do was program and maintain 1 cnc I could work part time.
AS far as pay goes you should be at least at 40k. That machine is worth the investment to pay a progrommer a decent salary. Operators usually come cheap, and are usualy underpaid. If you mess up just one sink top on your cnc it is a loss of over $500 easy. So paying your guy to go the extra mile during his shift, is worth every penny. But the operator must understand it as well. I fight for raises for my guys, but my owner does things the cheapest way possible sometimes. Anyway. GL bro..